Marshmallow is officially out now, and that means developers can update their apps with 6.0-specific features without feeling too guilty. Telegram is updating today with some Marshmallow tweaks, and at least some of you will be able to use them. Not many, though. Sorry.

Here's the full changelog for v3.2.3 of Telegram.

Android 6.0 support

Now on Tap

Direct Share

Fingerprint support for Passcodes

With Android 6.0 support, you'll get proper permission management. That means Telegram will ask for sensitive permissions the first time you use it, and you'll be able to toggle the permissions on and off in settings without breaking anything. I'm not sure what Telegram had to change for Now on Tap, which is also listed. That should just work everywhere on 6.0. The addition of direct share means that when you share something from another app, recent Telegram conversations can appear at the top of the sharing UI.

The fingerprint support is a security option added in Marshmallow, but you'll need a device with a fingerprint reader. There are currently no Marshmallow phones with one of those, not counting the unreleased Nexus 5X and 6P. Telegram is ready, though.

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Telegram is an amazing app. It even has an app for Windows. Great security. Developers are quick. Even got my girlfriend to start using telegram. :D

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We all know you don't have a "girlfriend", stop lying to us!

ReallyMen

Oh dear Lord. This is what encryption does. You tell the truth, people don't belive you.

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Nes

I got my sister and friends to use it but sadly there was a rough patch about a year ago in which devices were not receiving notifications. Since Whatsapp got end to end encryption we just opted to use that and still do to this day. A pity since I loved the Windows client.

Oh I troubleshooted a lot, really tried hard to fix the issue, but the problem was not with the devices but with the iOS client I'd be willing to bet, since both my sister and I would get some notifications, but not all. It was weird. I used live support and all, they were very friendly, but sadly could not point to any active bugs in iOS and I had done all the possible fixes and the issue persisted so I gave up.

The link you provided was in spanish, however, I can read spanish and read it. Both me and my sister currently have iOS devices so that root exploit does not affect us. This is good to know however, since my Nexus 6P will be arriving soon.

I also remember that with telegram there is no encryption for the regular messaging, only secret chats are encrypted and therefore most conversations are done unencrypted. Whatsapp encrypts all conversations.

cpaixao

Really weird...

Moein

All conversation, no matter Secret chat or regular one, are all Encrypted. (256-bit)
Telegram’s special secret chats use end-to-end encryption, leave no trace on Telegram's servers.

Nes

Oh, that's good to know! I thought they did not encrypt the chats as they appear on all my platforms. I'll read up some more on telegram and see if I can get my friends, gf and so on to use it again.

Yes. I do remember that telegram was having some issues. We should give some time and patience to people who are working a lot for our safety and betterment. I just gave it a while. Not a lot of my friends are on telegram. I use it once a while to text some people when I really have to ignore others on whatsapp.

Daniel D. Tubul

Telegram is one of those apps you can say about them that everything is actually good with it.

knizmi

Except the fact that the original developers were kicked out of the project and the current team is being funded by a company with connections to the Russian government.

Wrong. Durov was never kicked out of Telegram, the current VK owners tried to claim ownership of Telegram but ultimately failed. According to the article you posted, the company is registered in Panama and there's nothing Russia can do about it. So stop spreading misinformation.

knizmi

You probably mistake Telegram with Telegram HD which Durov tried to push instead of the original Telegram.